There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
—Louis L’Amour
In theory there’s no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
—Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut (among others)
The challenge for physical database designers is to convert the logical specifications created during requirements definition into something that is usable by the organization. This can be a trying task because, unlike the logical data modeler, the physical database designer must adjudicate competing requests for resources. For ...
